Bag targets.....All the same?
01-30-2008, 09:21 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
I've always used Morrell bags, and they are great. Very durable and for the price, you are WAY ahead versus buying a Block type target IMO. I also shoot inside at close range, and chewed up a Block in a couple weeks to where the arrows were going nearly completely through. The Morrell bag has lasted nearly 6 months with the same abuse, and no real ill effects.
01-30-2008, 09:41 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Indiana (southern)
Posts: 6,146
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
Jeff im thinking mine was a blue ridge, it was a cheap one lasted a long time but now has weakspots in it. I have heard nothing bad about the morell. I use a block target in my basement, they are ok if you weight the top of them, if you dont they scoot sideways when you shoot the other dots, i mounted my bag target on an aluminum frame, but it tends to swing on impact when suspended.
01-30-2008, 10:03 AM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
i bought mine at Dick's sporting goods called the "carbon giant" its got reinforced sides(feels like it might be that stiff plastic cardboard type stuff) and filled with mostly cotton from what i can tell...
it stood up for 2 full seasons now...i cant imagine how many arrows from me alone..plus ive had buddies shoot it many times...
when i buy a new one, it will be one i KNOW i can get a replacement cover for. thats the only part that wears out. mine wore out so i started shooting the back...filling came out the hole in the front and i started to bury arrows real deep...never had a pass through, but had to pull many from the back.
my temperary fix?? silt fence. made out of a similar weaved material...i wrapped it in it and used a staple gun to staple into the sides...put a couple layers on...worked pretty well...needs redone...good thing i brought home a ton of silt fence...asked the boss what we did with the stuff i was ripping down and he said throw it out back at the shop...asked if i could take it...he said sure....
heres a pic
takes alot of shooting to wear out a bag with a decint cover on it...lots of room to shoot at, and the way the bag is weaved lets alot of arrows in without making a hole...
for fieldpoints, i dont usually shoot anything but my bag...arrow removal is stupidly easy....
it stood up for 2 full seasons now...i cant imagine how many arrows from me alone..plus ive had buddies shoot it many times...
when i buy a new one, it will be one i KNOW i can get a replacement cover for. thats the only part that wears out. mine wore out so i started shooting the back...filling came out the hole in the front and i started to bury arrows real deep...never had a pass through, but had to pull many from the back.
my temperary fix?? silt fence. made out of a similar weaved material...i wrapped it in it and used a staple gun to staple into the sides...put a couple layers on...worked pretty well...needs redone...good thing i brought home a ton of silt fence...asked the boss what we did with the stuff i was ripping down and he said throw it out back at the shop...asked if i could take it...he said sure....
heres a pic
takes alot of shooting to wear out a bag with a decint cover on it...lots of room to shoot at, and the way the bag is weaved lets alot of arrows in without making a hole...
for fieldpoints, i dont usually shoot anything but my bag...arrow removal is stupidly easy....
01-30-2008, 10:08 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
Our club - nowhere near 600 members! [:-]- also went with Morrell Outdoor Range bags. We've had them aboutsix yearsand they're great. When a bag starts shooting through, just throw it on the ground and stomp the snot out of it to redistribute the stuffing and it's good to go. Every year we buy replacement bags and rebag them, and it's real easy to do.Justslide the target - old bag and all -into the new bag and close it up with zip ties.Give them a good stomping to redistribute the stuffing and hang 'em up. Unless you are shooting as much as an entire archery club, a cover should easilylast you several years. The target itself should last a lifetime.
Our club - nowhere near 600 members! [:-]- also went with Morrell Outdoor Range bags. We've had them aboutsix yearsand they're great. When a bag starts shooting through, just throw it on the ground and stomp the snot out of it to redistribute the stuffing and it's good to go. Every year we buy replacement bags and rebag them, and it's real easy to do.Justslide the target - old bag and all -into the new bag and close it up with zip ties.Give them a good stomping to redistribute the stuffing and hang 'em up. Unless you are shooting as much as an entire archery club, a cover should easilylast you several years. The target itself should last a lifetime.
01-30-2008, 10:16 AM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location:
Posts: 7,367
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
ORIGINAL: buckmaster
what about a bale of cardboard boxes fresh out of the compactor, has anybody ever tried that??
what about a bale of cardboard boxes fresh out of the compactor, has anybody ever tried that??
Dan
01-30-2008, 10:19 AM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
ORIGINAL: buckmaster
what about a bale of cardboard boxes fresh out of the compactor, has anybody ever tried that??
what about a bale of cardboard boxes fresh out of the compactor, has anybody ever tried that??
01-30-2008, 10:20 AM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Bag targets.....All the same?
ORIGINAL: mauser06
i bought mine at Dick's sporting goods called the "carbon giant" its got reinforced sides(feels like it might be that stiff plastic cardboard type stuff) and filled with mostly cotton from what i can tell...
it stood up for 2 full seasons now...i cant imagine how many arrows from me alone..plus ive had buddies shoot it many times...
when i buy a new one, it will be one i KNOW i can get a replacement cover for. thats the only part that wears out. mine wore out so i started shooting the back...filling came out the hole in the front and i started to bury arrows real deep...never had a pass through, but had to pull many from the back.
my temperary fix?? silt fence. made out of a similar weaved material...i wrapped it in it and used a staple gun to staple into the sides...put a couple layers on...worked pretty well...needs redone...good thing i brought home a ton of silt fence...asked the boss what we did with the stuff i was ripping down and he said throw it out back at the shop...asked if i could take it...he said sure....
heres a pic
takes alot of shooting to wear out a bag with a decint cover on it...lots of room to shoot at, and the way the bag is weaved lets alot of arrows in without making a hole...
for fieldpoints, i dont usually shoot anything but my bag...arrow removal is stupidly easy....
i bought mine at Dick's sporting goods called the "carbon giant" its got reinforced sides(feels like it might be that stiff plastic cardboard type stuff) and filled with mostly cotton from what i can tell...
it stood up for 2 full seasons now...i cant imagine how many arrows from me alone..plus ive had buddies shoot it many times...
when i buy a new one, it will be one i KNOW i can get a replacement cover for. thats the only part that wears out. mine wore out so i started shooting the back...filling came out the hole in the front and i started to bury arrows real deep...never had a pass through, but had to pull many from the back.
my temperary fix?? silt fence. made out of a similar weaved material...i wrapped it in it and used a staple gun to staple into the sides...put a couple layers on...worked pretty well...needs redone...good thing i brought home a ton of silt fence...asked the boss what we did with the stuff i was ripping down and he said throw it out back at the shop...asked if i could take it...he said sure....
heres a pic
takes alot of shooting to wear out a bag with a decint cover on it...lots of room to shoot at, and the way the bag is weaved lets alot of arrows in without making a hole...
for fieldpoints, i dont usually shoot anything but my bag...arrow removal is stupidly easy....
